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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#575: Costs of Custom Homes, Damp-Spray vs. Dense-Pack Cellulose, and Contractor Licensing

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Leisure, Construction, Keepcraftalive, Home & Garden, How To, Drywall, Craftsmanship, Education, Homebuilding, Houses

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Improving the electric grid, tool batteries, making your own windows, value-engineering a new build, cellulose insulation, and contractor licensing.

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0:00.0

They cost about what a really nice German car costs by the time you put it in your home.

0:12.0

And that's why we see them in commercial construction, but we don't really in residential, yeah.

0:17.0

I got to tell you, I'd rather buy an expensive German car than a freaking ERV.

0:25.6

Welcome to the Fine Own Building podcast, a regular discussion about building, remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science of working on houses.

0:35.2

Today I'm joined by senior producer Jeff Rose. Hi there. Editorial

0:40.4

Advisor Mike Gerton. Hi. Contributing editor Ian Schwant. Hello. Please email your questions

0:49.3

to FHB Podcasts at Taunton.com. You can find previous podcasts and check out the show notes at

0:54.1

fineholding.com slash podcast. Well, it's great to see you guys. Thanks for being here.

1:00.0

Thanks for having us. Mike, it seems like we just did this.

1:04.8

Don't, don't give too many people a peek behind the behind the curtain there.

1:10.1

For those of you

1:10.9

are wondering, we recorded yesterday

1:12.7

too, so it's good to see you again.

1:15.7

Yeah, we could actually

1:16.5

do like three or four these back to back

1:18.7

and then sprinkle them over the course of a month

1:20.8

and I don't think anybody know the difference.

1:23.5

Hey, that's how I do pro talks.

1:25.0

Don't give up the sequence.

1:29.7

I've often talked about that.

1:32.5

You know, folks listening, what prevents that oftentimes is we don't get enough questions to field that many shows in a row.

1:39.4

And, you know, I think the show is better when we have real questions instead of making them up.

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